Coordinator Employee Communications and Engagement

**Coordinator Employee Communications and Engagement**:
**Job no**: 497829

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Classification**: Band 8 (112,779 - $125,403 pa)

**Categories**: Marketing & Communication

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**About the role**
In this role, you will lead the Employee Communications and Engagement (EC+E) team and provide strategic oversight and leadership of employee and communications projects.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing the business plan for the EC+E team, aligning with Directorate priorities and in collaboration with key internal partners.
- Establishing, leading and delivering digital employee communications and engagement channels and processes, including leading the delivery and ongoing management of a new City intranet and associated digital engagement channels.
- Providing expert communications advice to key stakeholders.
- Overseeing responses to media and public enquiries including coordination with partners in the various projects to deliver joint messaging and approvals for media and other public statement relating to employee matters or strategic programs.
- Leading performance monitoring and reporting for the EC+E team and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Developing and delivering a timely and accessible employee emergency management communications approach.
- Identifying, monitoring and managing the key communication and engagement risks relevant to employee and strategic program communications.
- Managing the EC+E team budget, along with discrete budgets for project, communication and engagement activities.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in journalism, communications, media, public relations or community engagement.

Essential Experience:

- Demonstrated experience in leading, developing and implementing stakeholder communications and engagement strategies in complex environments with multiple initiatives within major change projects.
- Experience implementing both internal and external communications involving organisational change and internal and external transformation.
- Extensive demonstrated experience executing community and stakeholder engagement processes to ensure successful ‘buy in’ and understanding from all interested parties.
- Outstanding communication skills to engage, influence, facilitate and gain commitment with people from all levels of an organisation and key stakeholders across business, government and the broader community.
- Extensive demonstrated experience executing community and stakeholder engagement processes to ensure successful ‘buy in’ and understanding from all interested parties.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, educate and motivate other project team members and people leaders in best-practice communication and engagement processes and skills.

**A career with us**
With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- flexible work arrangements including RDO options in specified work areas
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study le